Unmolested CJ2A

About 2 weeks ago a neighbor of mine introduced me to a new old CJ2A that belongs to a friend of his.  It's in excellent condition and as I looked it over, I began to realize that it was a real time capsule on 4 wheels.  It only has 22,000 miles on it.  It still has cloth-jacketed wiring, and it's in very good shape.  It has the original Potomac Grey paint on it, worn in a few places.  The back seat has the original grey naugahyde seat cover, but the front seats have been recovered.  It feels like they put new covers over the original seat cushions.  It has an operating key'ed coil.  It has a pto and a rear mounted unit for running a belt.  It also has a crankshaft-pulley-driven winch.  That's something I've read about but never seen before now.  The owner has a full canvas top frame, and an almost full set of original canvas.  He would like to get the canvas rebuilt/replaced so he'll have shelter from the sweltering sun and driving rain. 

Here's a series of photos that I took of the Jeep last night.  It is serial no. 71980.  Any guesses on when it was made?  Let's look at the photos........


This is original paint and pinstripes on all 5 wheels.  Amazing!!


It even has the steel elbow in the lower radiator hose.


Here you can see the key in the key'd coil, and the recovered front seats.


The only non-original part here is the tail pipe.


It has a full set of original bows and rods for the top. And they are not bent!!


Here is part of the crankshaft-driven PTO winch set up.  Very interesting.


The canvas is all pretty rough, and some parts show some "home modification" like the plywood to replace the glass in this door frame.  But Bubba at least kept all the metal door and window frames with the canvas.  Steve would like to replace all the canvas and glass, and use all the metal parts to keep the top as correct as possible. 

Steve plans to have this 2A jeep on the Fall Colors Tour this year. 


And as a special treat he said he would tow his amphib jeep over to my place so folks can check it out during the Fall Colors Tour.  SWEET!!

That seep is worth way more than anything I own....

I think including mine that is only the 3rd of that particular winch I have seen.

Beautiful Jeep.

Wish I had neighbors like that!

m38mike wrote:    It is serial no. 71980.  Any guesses on when it was made?

A lot of interesting vehicles there besides the jeeps. The GMC motorhome and the Chevy Blazer camper, have not seen one of those in a long time.

Thanks for posting! I like to see/look at stuff like this. Bruce W's Uncle Linden has a GPA radiator in it! Seeing the GPA reminded me of it. We said------" who in the world would even have a GPA that needed it". Now we have a possibility.  Look forward to seeing it! John

I'm glad you were able to convince him to keep it original and not modify it. It would have been a shame to see it cut up.

That's mighty fine looking stuff your friend has there Mike, but isn't he a little sore at you leaving all those drool spots everywhere!!  LOL